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The black ships open Japan
Foreign ships weren't not allowed to enter Japanese ports -
Japan a strong and independent nation
The ruling shogun was overthrown to take the throne -
America becomes a pacific power
U.S took over Spain's pacific possessions including the Phillippine islands -
The Great Depression
The New York stock exchange crash plunged the entire world into an economic depression -
China in flames
The war with Japan brought great suffering to many chinese people -
The Tripartite Pact
Japan joined Nazi Germany in the Tripartite three part Pact -
War Warning
Hideki Tojo began planning for surprise attack across the pacific from Hong Kong to Hawaii -
The day of Infamy
Nomura and Kurusu prepared for the last meeting being ordered to break off a wall with negotiations toward the U.S -
Martial Law
Military government involving the suspension of ordinary law
